2012 RoundUp: Favourite Movies

My 10 favourite movies that I saw this year (in no particular order):

• The Avengers (2012)

• Rhod Gilbert and the Award Winning Mince Pie (2009)

• Greg Davies: Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog (2011)

• Life in a Day (2011)

• Tiny Furniture (2010)

• Beginners (2010)

• The Deep Blue Sea (2011)

• Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

• The Intouchables (2011)

• Midnight in Paris (2011)

Usually I list my 10 least favourite as well, but this year I could only come up with 5 that I felt I could call my least favourite of the year:

• Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

• A Complete History of my Sexual Failures (2008)

• Morning Glory (2010)

• War Horse (2011)

• The Campaign (2012)

2012 RoundUp: The 60 New-to-Me Flicks of 2012

Wow! Coming from the success of last year, this year sure was a flop! I only saw 60 films (both movies & dvds of live shows included) but this year I enjoyed way more than I disliked. I'll get into that a bit later today in my roundup of my favourites of the year.

This is my list of the new-to-me flicks of 2012:

1. The Adventures of TinTin

2. Mark Watson Live

3. Rob Brydon Live

4. Rich Hall: Hell No I Ain't Happy

5. The Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra

6. Dara O'Briain: This is the Show

7. Rhod Gilbert and the Award Winning Mince Pie

8. Greg Davies: Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog

9. Ed Byrne: Different Class

10. Tim Minchin: Ready for This

11. Alan Carr: Spexy Beast Live

12. Russell Howard: Right Here, Right Now

13. Rhod Gilbert and the Cat that Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst

14. Life in a Day

15. Stagedoor

16. Sean Locke: Lockipedia

17. Dara O'Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal

18. A Complete History of my Sexual Failures

19. The Lorax

20. Poetry

21. The Hunger Games

22. Albert Nobbs

23. The Avengers

24. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

25. Midnight in Paris

26. Tiny Furniture

27. Hysteria

28. Much Ado About Nothing

29. Beginners

30. Fright Night (2011)

31. Island (2011)

32. Parked

33. Morning Glory

34. War Horse

35. The Deep Blue Sea

36. The Artist

37. Snow White and the Huntsman

38. Unrelated

39. Rock of Ages

40. The Amazing Spider-Man

41. Brave

42. Henry IV part 1

43. Henry IV part 2

44. Batman Begins

45. The Tempest

46. Archipelago

47. Henry V

48. The Campaign

49. John Pinette: I'm Starving

50. Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe

51. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

52. ParaNorman

53. Being John Malkovich

54. Adaptation

55. Moonrise Kingdom

56. Pitch Perfect

57. White Christmas

58. The Intouchables

59. Rise of the Guardians

60. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

I have feelings about The Avengers

I planned on doing a "Quick & Dirty review" of the Avengers. I had also planned on there being at least SOMETHING I could nitpick. This turned out to be not the case. I've seen it twice now (and I'll be going again tonight) and I cannot find a single thing I disliked about it. In fact, the film has instantly jumped into my favourite films of all time, behind only Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.

So instead of doing a "review" that's simply me gushing over how amazing it is, I bring you the top 5 things- no matter how unlikely- I want to see in the sequel (I'll try to keep this spoiler free, but it may be safer to not read on until you've seen the film).

1. Joss Whedon to return as writer/director. This man knows how to do an ensemble story. No character seemed like they were pushed into the background. They all had their moments to shine and the battle choreography & cinematography was some of the best (if not the best) I have ever seen.
2. Spider-Man. How I wish Marvel Studios had the rights to the character! (On another note, HOW EXCITED AM I ABOUT THE NEW SPIDER-MAN MOVIE?! Hint: very)
3. Spider-Woman & Ms. Marvel. Two of my favourite Marvel heroes, and the cast is in dire need of more bad ass women.
4. Redemption for Loki. I have some speculations about his character that I am saving for a future, mega spoilery blog post.
5. THE VISION. I will go more in depth into this in the above mentioned post!